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On September 27, 2012, Google® announced yet another change to their search engine algorithm. And this time, the change could have far reaching implications for career site SEO.Here’s why.Companies…Continue

"Nick,
Since I only use LinkedIn for professional networking purposes, it was easier to reach that cancellation decision. If I had to actually recruit on LinkedIn, I'd be incredibly pissed off by this "enhancement" to the LI platform -…"

"Thanks for writing about this, Nick. The more exposure we can get for this issue... the more users complaining... maybe LinkedIn will finally take notice that this new "enhancement" is actually a HUGE step backward.
I first noticed this…"

"Amy... I had a headhunter once turn down a job offer for me because they decided it was lower than they wanted to accept. I found out a couple of months later when I saw the client at a social-biz gathering. Asked him how things were going? (a start…"

"Anyone else notice how LinkedIn has changed the Profile "rollover preview" recently? Now you can't do a rollover and see the person's Company or City/State. For me, that makes the whole concept of the rollover useless."

"A very good read... great article, Amy. If gives a good sense of an "insiders" view of passive candidates, reasons they may choose to change jobs, what influences their ultimate choice between offers, and the competition that exists…"

"Hi Irina,
I'm just glad the same dilution of value problem didn't happen to LinkedIn's "Recommendations". I give a lot of value to those, and have hired people and given work projects to LinkedIn connections who have…"

How in the world can I stop the onslaught of Endorsement notifications that are filling my LinkedIn updates stream? This has been a popular topic ever since LinkedIn announced the ability to endorse connections. It seems like everyone on LI is endorsing every single one of their connections for a wide variety of skills. I've received Endorsements from people I don't know and have never worked with. For me, LinkedIn Endorsements have been overly used and as a result are now devalued to a point…See More

A lot of folks talk about the value of performing Search Engine Optimization on your job postings, but very rarely do we get the chance to see actual statistics regarding the benefits.In order to get an accurate read on the performance of an SEO project, we first need to gather the current performance data to use as a benchmark for the "Before" statistics. To do this, establish the list of keywords you want to optimize for and run the queries through the Google search engine. You may also want…See More

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How in the world can I stop the onslaught of Endorsement notifications that are filling my LinkedIn updates stream?

This has been a popular topic ever since LinkedIn announced the ability to endorse connections. It seems like everyone on LI is endorsing every single one of their connections for a wide variety of skills. I've received Endorsements from people I don't know and have never worked with. For me, LinkedIn Endorsements have been overly used…

A lot of folks talk about the value of performing Search Engine Optimization on your job postings, but very rarely do we get the chance to see actual statistics regarding the benefits.

In order to get an accurate read on the performance of an SEO project, we first need to gather the current performance data to use as a benchmark for the "Before" statistics. To do this, establish the list of keywords you want to optimize for and run the queries through the Google search engine. You may…